*Middle value in the distribution.
**Annual average employment growth less lan 0.3 percent following shock.
†Annual average employment growth greater than 1.5 percent following shock.
††Percent of population living below poverty.
§Data not available for some counties.
§§For shocked counties, growth is from the year of the final shock to the average of 2000-2002.
For nonshocked counties, growth is from 1993 to the average of 2000-2002.